HMS Eridge (L68) explained

HMS Eridge was a destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War.

Service history

On 29 August 1942, Eridge assisted the destroyers and in sinking the German submarine .^[1] At 04:15 on 29 August 1942, she began shelling Axis positions off El Daba, Egypt, at 31.1167°N 54°W, together with the destroyers and . At 05:00, she was permanently disabled by a 450mm torpedo fired by the Italian motor torpedo boat MTSM-228. The attack caused five fatalities on board Eridge.^[2] She was towed to Alexandria by the destroyer,^[3] where Eridge was declared a constructive total loss due to structural damage to the hull and damage beyond repair to the main turbines, condenser, gearing and intermediate shaft. The destroyer was used as a base ship in situ for the rest of the war and sold for scrapping in October 1946.^[4]

Publications

• • English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. England: World Ship Society. .

Further reading

• Book: Gregory-Smith, Frank. Red Tobruk: Memoirs of a World War II Destroyer Commander . Pen & Sword Maritime. 2008. 978-1-84415-862-1.

External links

• • HMS Eridge (L 68)
• Captain Frank Gregory-Smith - Daily Telegraph obituary

Notes and References

1. Web site: HMS Eridge (L 68) of the Royal Navy - British Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net . 2022-03-30 . www.uboat.net.
2. Book: 192. The Admiralty regrets: British warship losses of the 20th century. Paul Kemp. Sutton. 1999. 9780750915670 .
3. News: . 6 June 2000. The Daily Telegraph. Commander Alex Stuart-Menteth. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216170522/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1341608/Commander-Alex-Stuart-Menteth.html. dead. 16 February 2015.
4. Web site: Webb . Tim . 2020-08-01 . HMS ERIDGE . 2024-04-12 . Ships Nostalgia . en-US.